Dispensing and display stand for wire or the like



Dec. 14,1926. 1,610,753

' H. M. DAVIS ET AL DISPENSING AND DISPLAY STAND FOR W-IRE OR THE LIKE Filed Dec. 31 1925 augu.

'Wl't" P STATES HERMAN M. DAVIS AND IRVING 13. FASTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

DISYENSING AND DISELAY STAND FOR "WIRE 0R HE LIKE.

This invention relates to a display and dispensing stand arranged to have rotatably mounted thereon a plurality of spools of wire or the like, andthe main object of the in vention is the provision of means associated with the stand and with the spools for preventing the rotation of the latter in one direction while releasably holding the spools from rotation in the opposite direction to thereby prevent the wire or similar material wound on the spools from unwinding except upon positive action by the operator. he invention contemplates certain details of con struction and these together with other ob jects of the invention, will hereinafter be explained.

For a complete understanding of the in vention reference should be had to the accon'ipanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and while the showing is that of what is considered the best embodiment of the invention, certain changes in the de tails of construction and the arrangement and combination of parts may be made with out departing from the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows a front view in elevation of the stand with a part of one of the spools broken away;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the stand shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an end View of one of the spools and Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front View of a modification of the construction of the stand.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 10 designates the stand generally. This stand comprises the up rights 11 having the base members 12 and connected at the bottom by the cross piece 13 and at the top by the cross piece 14. Mounted between the uprights 11 are rods or shafts 15, two of such shafts being shown by Fig. 1. These shafts are preferably circular in cross section and are retained in position in the uprights by keeper members 16 which are pivotally secured to the sides of the uprights and overlap the ends of the shafts as shown more clearly by Fig. 2.

Rotatably mounted on the shafts 15 are spools 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21. Each of these spools is provided on one side thereof with a gear wheel or ratchet 22 which maybe secured to the spools or be formed therewith in any suitable manner and is herein shown as secured to the spools by screws 23. On

the upper shaft 15 there are shown two spools held in place relative to each other by collars which may be releasably fixed to the shaft. On the lowershaft 15, three spools are shown and'the arrangement is such that no spacing members are required. The outside spools 1'2", 18, 19 and '21 are disposed with their gear wheels positioned in cutout portions of the uprights 11 indicated at For preventing the rotation of the spools in one direction, there are provid ed spring pawl members 26 as shown more clearly by Figure 2, secured'to the front of the uprights and positioned so that one end thereof is free to engage between successive teethof the gear wheels orratchets 22 and it will be readily understood that this pawl 26 permits the rotation of the spools inthe other direction, as indicated by the arrow on Fig. 2. ()n the lower shaft the intermediate spool 20 is similarly held by a pawl member 27 secured to the lower cross piece 13 instead of to the uprights 11 as shown by Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 4 a modified construction is shown. The parts are generally the same as that shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and similar parts are represented by similar reference characters with a prime. The difference of construction consists in providing an intermediate cross piece 13' and in securing the pawls 26 to this cross piece 13 instead of to the uprights 11.

The operation of the device will be readily understood and it will be seen that the wire or like material may be unwound from the spools by rotating the spools in the direction indicated in Fig. 2,.against the pressure of the springs 26, while rotation of the spools in the opposite direction is prevented by thesame springs 26. The shafts 15 may be removed from the frame of the stand 10 by swinging the keepers 16 away from the ends thereof, and drawing the shaft through one of the uprights 11. This arrangement provides a convenient means for replacing new spools on the shafts. It will be noted that the spools may carry various grades or sizes of wire or the like, and that each spool is independent in its operation from each of the other spools. It will be readily seen that the stand provides a convenient means for displaying and dispensing Wire or the like and that the construction of the stand 1s exceedingly simple and may be produced at comparatively low cost.

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While we have shown the preferred embodiment of the invention for the purposes of illustration, it is to be understood that certain changes may be made therein without departing from the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A display stand for wire or the like having spaced uprights, a shaft mounted in said uprights, a plurality of spools mounted for individual rotation on said shaft, a gear wheel associated with each of said spools, and means associated with each of said gears for individually preventing the rotation of the several spools in one direction and resiliently restraining their rotation in the opposite direction.

2. A display stand for wire or the like having spaced uprights and cross pieces, a plurality of spools mounted for individual rotation means secured to said uprights and associated with some of said spools for preventing the rotation of the latter in one direction, and means secured to one of said cross pieces and individually associated with another spool for preventing the rotation of the latter in one direction.

3. A display stand having uprights with a cut-out portion therein, a shaft mounted in said uprights, spools rotatably mounted on said shaft, said spools having ratchet members positioned *ithin said cutout portions, and spring and pawl members fixed to said uprights and engaging said ratchet members to prevent rotation of the spools in one -di-' rection and to resiliently restrain rotation of the spools in the opposite direction.

l. In a display stand having two upright members and two connecting cross pieces, a plurality of shafts mounted in said uprights, spools mounted for individual rotation of said shafts, a cross piece connected to the uprights between adjacent shafts of the spools thereon and a pawl member secured to said cross piece and associated with one of said spools to prevent the rotation of the latter in one direction and to resiliently restrain rotation in the opposite direction.

In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures.

HERMAN M. DAVIS. IRVING D. FASTER. 

